Devices for tying wooden members to brick and masonry walls



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DEVICES FOR TYING' WOODEN MEMBERS TO BRICK AND MASONRY WALLS Filed Nov. 13, 1967 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 50a. 40a 48a.

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DEVICES FOR TYING WOODEN MEMBERS To BRICK AND MASONRY WALLS Filed Nov. 13, 1967 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 GEORGE E. ALLE/V BY fig 3,494,090 Patented Feb. 10, 1970 3 494 090 DEVICES FOR TYIN G WOODEN MEMBERS TO BRICK AND MASONRY WALLS George E. Allen, 15513 S. Dobson, Dolton, Ill. 60419 Filed Nov. 13, 1967, Ser. No. 682,330 Int. Cl. E04b 1/38, 2/06 US. Cl. 52-713 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE Means for anchoring and typing a wooden member to the upper tier of a brick or concrete block wall construction, or to a composite brick and concrete block wall construction, including, a tying member which is adapted to underlie the wooden member between the latter and the upper surface of the wall construction and having portions adapted to be bent around the sides and over the top of the wooden member and fastened thereto. An anchoring member embodied in the device is swivelly attached to and depends from the tying member and in use is anchored in the wall construction. The swivel connection between the tying member and the anchoring member enables the parts to be stacked and shipped in fiat form and to be readily positioned at the point of use.

PRIOR ART It is common practice in the art of building construction to tie a wooden member such as a plank, board, twoby-four, or the like, to a top tier of bricks or to a top row of concrete blocks used in wall construction so that the superstructure of the building may be attached to the Wooden member to complete the building construction.

Various forms of such anchoring and tying devices have been used heretofore including rod-like members which are so designed and constructed as to be inserted into and through the wooden member but the use of such devices has commonly necessitated cutting off unneeded or superfluous end portions thereof with resulting labor and expense involved in so doing by the carpenters and masons involved in the work.

Other forms of prior tying devices have necessitated drilling holes in the wooden members to provide a countersunk anchoring space for a threaded nut, or the like, attached to the threaded portion of the tie member extended through the wooden member into a brick or masonry wall with resulting time and expense involved in so doing by the workman.

OBJECTS An object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved anchoring and tying device for tying a wooden board, such as a plank, or the like, to a brick or concrete masonry wall, and which is so designed and constructed that it may be stacked, packaged and shipped in a flat condition.

A further object of the invention is to provide a new and improved anchoring and tying device for tying a wooden board, such as a plank, or the like, to a brick or masonry wall with a minimum of time and labor of the carpenters and masons engaged in the work.

An additional object of the invention is to provide new and improved anchoring and tying devices which are adapted for use with Wooden members of varying dimensions, and which are so designed and constructed that when anchored in position of use they will maintain a flat co-planar relationship with the upper surface of the wooden member.

An additional object of the invention is to provide a new and improved anchoring and tying device which is particularly adapted for use in tying wooden members of varying dimensions to masonry walls.

A further object of the invention is to provide in one form thereof a tying device which prior to use and when packaged and in handling is free from hazardous hook elements.

DESCRIPTION OF THE FIGURES In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a combination masonry and brick wall construction showing a preferred form of anchoring and tying device associated therewith;

FIG. 2 is a transverse vertical sectional view on line 2-2 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view of the embodiment of the new anchoring and tying device illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view of the new anchoring and tying device illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 and showing the same in extended form;

FIG. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of a concrete block or like masonry wall construction showing another form of the new anchoring and tying device associated therewith;

FIG. 6 is a transverse vertical sectional view on line 6-6 in FIG. 5;

FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional view on line 7--7 in FIG. 6;

FIG. 8 is a fragmentary perspective view illustrating another use of the form of the new anchoring and tying device which is illustrated in FIGS. 5, 6 and 7;

FIG. 9 is a sectional plan view on line 99 in FIG. 8;

FIG. 10 is a fragmentary sectional plan view illustrating a modification of the form of the new anchoring and tying device shown in FIGS. 8 and 9;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view of the form of the new anchoring and tying device illustrated in FIGS. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10;

FIG. 12 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view illustrating the use of the form of the new anchoring device shown in FIGS. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10;

FIG. 13 is a fragmentary sectional view on line 13-13 on FIG. 12 illustrating the manner of the use of the form of the new anchoring device illustrated in FIGS. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10;

FIG. 14 is a fragmentary sectional detail view similar to FIG. 13 but showing the part in a different position; and

FIG. 15 is an enlarged sectional view illustrating one manner of installing the form of the new anchoring and tying device shown in FIGS. 5 to 11, inclusive.

A typical and preferred embodiment of the new anchoring and tying device is illustrated in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the drawings, wherein it is generally indicated at 15, and is shown as being used in conjunction with a combination masonry and brick wall 16, and which embodies tiers of concrete blocks 17 and bricks 18 above which are wooden plank members 20 or the like.

The new anchoring and tying device 15 is adapted for use in anchoring and tying the wooden plank members 20 to the uppermost tiers of concrete blocks 17 and bricks 18 so that the superstructure of a building may be built upon and attached to the wooden plank members 20.

The new anchoring and tying devices 15 may be made of bendable steel, wire or rod-like material and comprises (as seen in use) a horizontally extending gripping or tying member 21 and an upright or vertically extending anchoring member 22. The gripping or tying member 21 includes a body portion 23 and an upwardly inwardly extending arm 24 which terminates in a piercing point end portion 26. The anchoring member 22 includes a body 27 having at its upper end a looped portion 28 which encircles the body portion 23 of the gripping member 21. The new anchoring and tying device 15 also includes a brace member 29 which extends angularly upwardly from the vertically extending body 27 of the anchoring member 22 to one outer end portion of the horizontally extending body portion 23. The lower end portion of the brace member 29 may be fastened to the upright member 27 in any suitable manner, as by means of a loop 30 which encircles the body of the upright member 27, and at its upper end the brace member 29 has a swivel loop portion 3 1 which encircles the horizontally extending body portion 23 of the tying and gripping member 21.

The anchoring member 22 has a horizontally extending corrugated lower anchoring base portion 32.

In the use of the form of the new anchoring and tying device illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4, inclusive, the same may be mounted in position of use, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, with the anchoring member 27 extending vertically in a mortar joint, as 33, between the brick wall component 18 and the concrete block component 17 of the wall structure 16, and with the horizontally extending corrugated arm 32 lying in a mortar joint, as 19, between the tiers of concrete blocks 17. When so arranged the horiz-ontally extending body portion 23 of the tying and gripping member 21 extends across under the wooden plank member 20, and when so initially applied the new anchoring and tying device 15 has the geometrical form in which it is shown in FIG. 4 with the arm 24' extending upwardly along one side of the wooden plank member 20. The upper end portion 25 of the arm 24 is then bent horizontally over the upper surface of the wooden plank member 20 and the piercing point portion 26 thereof is bent downwardly into the wooden plank member 26, whereupon the parts 24, 25 and 26 appear in the portion in which they are shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. The outer end portion 34 of the body portion 23 of the gripping member 21 is then bent over the upper surface of the wooden plank member 20 to provide the gripping portion 34, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

When the parts are so arranged, the new anchoring and tying device 15 firmly anchors or ties the wooden plank member 20 to the combination brick and masonry wall construction 16-17-18-19 without the use of nails or other fastening devices.

The new anchoring device 15 is readily adapted for use with masonry of concrete block and brick wall construction and wooden plank members 20 of the various sizes and dimensions, and may be readily positioned in use as shown. In addition, it has the further advantage which resides in the fact that it may be stacked, packed and shipped in a collapsed or fiat form, as illustrated in FIG. 3.

A modification of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13 of the drawings wherein it is generally indicated at 35, and is shown as being used'in conjunction with a masonry wall construction 36 which is composed entirely of concrete blocks 37 united by mortar joints 38 with the wooden plank members 39 lying above the upper surface of the uppermost tier of concrete blocks 37. As shown, each of the concrete blocks 37 has a recess or cell cavity 40 therein.

The new anchoring and tying device 35, as shown in FIGS. 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13 comprises a generally rectangular shaped main body portion 41, which may be made of suitable sheet metal stamping such as steel, or aluminum, or the like. Supporting loop bracket portions 42 are struck from and depend from the lower surface of the main body member 41, for a reason which will be pointed out hereinafter.

A tying strap arm portion 43 is formed integrally with and extends centrally from the body portion 41 at one side thereof, and a second tying strap portion 44 is formed integrally with and extends centrally from the main body portion 41 at the opposite side thereof. The tying strap arm 44 has an outer end portion 45 and openings 49 are formed in the arm 44. Similarly, the arm 43 has an outer end portion 53 and openings 54 are provided in the arm 43 for a reason which will be pointed out hereinafter.

The new anchoring and tying device 35 includes a plurality of anchoring rod members 46, each of which includes an upper swivel arm portion 47 which is projected through one of the depending supporting loop bracket portions 42 in the main body portion 41 and as its lower end each of the anchoring rod members 46 has an anchoring foot portion 48 which extends right angularly from the body of the anchoring rod member 46 and may be embedded in concrete or like filler 50 which may be arranged in the cell or intra-wall spacer 40 of each of the concrete blocks 37 (FIGS. 6 and 7).

In addition each of the swivel arm portions 47 has a depending portion at one end thereof which serves to prevent the swivel arm 47 from being retracted out of the corresponding loop bracket portion 42.

In the use of the anchoring and tying device 35 illustrated in FIGS. 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13, a series of the anchoring and tying devices 35 may be inserted at intervals along the concrete block wall construction 3637 with the anchoring rods 4648 disposed in the cells or recesses 51 of the concrete blocks 37 and in a body of the concrete or like filter 50 therein. When the parts are thus arranged, as in FIGS. 6 and 7 the main body portion 41 of each anchoring and tying device 35 is disposed below the plank member 39 and above the upper surface of the uppermost tier of concrete blocks 3637. The arm portion 43 is then bent upwardly along one side of the wooden plank member 39 and then horizontally over the upper surface of the wooden plank member 39 so that it is disposed in the position in which it is shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. The arm 44-45 is then bent upwardly over the upper surface thereof so that it appears as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6.

One suitable manner of bending the arms 43 and 44 is illustrated in FIG. 15 of the drawings and may be accomplished by inserting the jaw 57 of a suitable tool 56 upon the wooden plank member 3 9 with the jaw portion '57 thereof embracing only the strap arm portion 44 and with the bend 58 of the tool 56 resting on the upper surface of the wooden plank member 39, whereupon the tool 56 may be forced downwardly, on the bend 58 thereof, so as to tighten the strap arm portions 43 and 44 about the wooden member 39. The same procedure may be followed with the strap arm portion 43.

When the new anchoring and tying device 35 is thus disposed in position of use, in which it is shown in FIGS. 5, 6 and 7, the anchoring rod members 46-48 depend from the supporting loop bracket portions 42 into the cells or recesses 51 in the concrete blocks 37 and are anchored therein by the concrete or like filler 50 with which each of the cells 51 in the concrete blocks 37 may be filled.

It will thus be seen that the new anchoring and tying device 35 effectively anchors the wooden plank member 39 to the concrete block wall construction 3637, while at the same time, it is adapted to be used with concrete block constructions and wooden members of various sizes since it may be readily made in various sizes and shapes.

At the same time, the new anchoring and tying device 35 may be packed and shipped in flat form, as in FIG. 11, thereby expediting the packing and shipment thereof.

Another mode of use of the new anchoring and tying device 35 is illustrated in FIGS. 8 and 9 of the drawings, and those parts thereof which are similar to or correspond to the parts of the new anchoring and tying device 35 shown in FIGS. 5, 6, 7, 11, 12 and 13 have been given the same reference numerals followed by the additional and distinguishing reference character a.

The form and construction of the new anchoring and tying device 35a, which is illustrated in FIGS. 8 and 9,

are substantially the same as that shown in FIGS. 5, 6, 7. 11, 12 and 13 and differ therefrom only in the manner in which the device is used. Thus, in the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 8 and 9, the new anchoring and tying device a is shown or being used to tie a vertical extending wooden plate member or board 58 against the side of a concrete block wall 3611. To this end the new anchoring and tying device 35a is positioned, as shown at the left in FIG. 8 and in FIG. 9, with the anchoring rods 46a extending horizontally across the upper surface of the one row of concrete blocks 37a, and between two rows of the concrete blocks 37a, and with the angled end portions 48a of the anchoring rod members 46a extending laterally outwardly, as shown in FIG. 9. When so disposed the main body portion 41a of the new anchoring and tying device 35a may be disposed as shown at the left in FIG. 8 and the strap arm portion 43a and 44a may then be bent around the vertically extending board member 58, as shown at the right in FIG. 8, and with the anchoring rod members 4611-48a embedded in the concrete or mortar filler 50a in the cell 51a of the corresponding one of the concrete blocks 37a, as in FIG. 9. In this manner, the new anchoring and tying device 35a may be used to tie the wooden plate member or board 58 to the concrete block wall 36a.

A modification of the form of the invention illustrated in FIGS. 8 and 9 is shown in FIG. 10 and since this form of the invention is substantially similar to that shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 corresponding parts thereof have been given the same reference numerals followed by the additional and distinguishing reference character b.

The form of the invention shown in FIG. 10 differs from that shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 only in the shape of the angled anchoring end portions 48b--48b which are angled laterally inwardly in the manner shown in FIG. 10, rather than laterally outwardly, as in FIG. 9 and or may be bent into the mortar or concrete filler 50b in the cell b of the concrete block, as shown in FIG. 10.

It will thus be seen from the foregoing description, considered in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, that the present invention provides new and improved anchoring and tying devices for tying wooden members to combination brick and masonry walls, or to concrete block walls, or the like, and that the invention thus has the desirable advantage and characteristics and accomplishes its intended objects I claim:

1. An anchoring and tying device for tying a wooden member having side marginal edges and upper and lower surfaces to a brick or masonry wall construction comprising a horizontally extending tying member including (1) a main body portion adapted to extend between the lower surface of the said wooden member and the upper surface of the uppermost tier of brick or masonry units in the wall construction, and having: (a) arm portions extending laterally from the said main body portion and adapted to be bent upwardly over the side marginal edges of the wooden member and thence over the upper sur face thereof; and (b) an anchoring member swivelly attached to and depending from the said main body portion of said tying member:

(1) the said anchoring member having at its upper end a swivel loop portion which encircles the said main body portion of the said tying member; and ('2) the said anchoring and tying device including a brace member extending angularly between the said anchoring member and the said tying member and having its lower end portion attached to the said anchoring member and having at its upper end a swivel loop portion which encircles the said main body portion of the said tying member.

2. An anchoring and tying device for tying a wooden member having side surfaces and a top surface to a masonry wall construction, which includes mortar, comprising:

(1) a generally rectangular fiat main body portion adapted to underlie the said wooden member between the latter and a surface of said masonry wall construction;

(2) arm portions extending angularly from the said generally flat main body portion at opposite sides thereof and adapted to embrace portions of the said side and top surfaces of the said wooden member;

(3) an anchoring member including a body having a lower end portion and having (a) an upper end portion swivelly attached to and depending from the said main body portion of the said tying member and having at its lower end portion 1) an anchoring portion extending angularly from the said body thereof and adapted to be anchored in the said mortar of the said masonry wall construction; and

(2) means for swivelly attaching the said upper end portion of the said anchoring member to the said main body portion of the said tying member;

(b) said main body portion of said tying member having 1) generally parallel side edges and generally parallel end edges; and

(2) in which the said arm portions are formed integrally with the said main body portion and project laterally from the said generally parallel end edges thereof between the said generally parallel side edges; and in which the said means for swivelly attaching the upper end portion of the said anchoring member to the said generally rectangularshaped body portion of the said anchoring and tying device includes a supporting loop bracket formed integrally in the said generally rectangular-shaped body portion of the said anchoring and tying device on the bottom surface of the latter and extending therebelow; and in which the said anchoring member has an upper arm portion swivelly mounted in the said supporting loop bracket portion below said bottom surface.

3. An anchoring and tying device as defined in claim 2 in which the said generally rectangular-shaped body portion thereof has (a) a plurality of the said supporting loop bracket portions formed integrally therewith in the bottom surface thereof; and in which the said anchoring and tying device includes (b) a plurality of the said anchoring members each including (1) an upper arm portion swivelly mounted in one of the said supporting loop bracket portions below the said generally rectangular-shaped main body portion of the said anchoring and tying device.

4. An anchoring and tying device as defined in claim 2 in which the said upper arm portion of said anchoring member has an angled end portion preventing withdrawal of the said upper arm portion of the said anchoring member from the said supporting loop bracket portion.

5. An anchoring and tying device as defined in claim 2 in which at least one of the said arm portions has (a) side edges having (b) notches formed therein for the reception of a tool wooden member.

7 8 for tightening the said arm portions about the said 2,903,879 9/ 1959 Williams 52-713 X 2,920,477 1/1960 Shaw 52714 X UNITE S S' FZ'iZS I Z FENTS FOREIGN PATENTS 5 150,864 2/ 1932 Switzerland. 3/ 1926 Alber 52-370 11/ 1925 Olsen 52370 X ALFRED C. PERHAM, Primary Examiner 2/1926 White 52-714 X 11/1926 Willis 52-713 X US. Cl. X.R.

6/1930 Prescott 52-370 10 52-300, 370, 369 6/ 1931 Prickett 52-369 

